BRITAIN'S most famous clergywoman, the Vicar of Dibley, accompanied the vicar of Lostock on a poverty awareness campaign in London.
The pair - comedian Dawn French and the Rev Sue Forrest-Redfern, of St Thomas and St John Church, Lostock - donned their dog collars and the Make Poverty History campaign's global symbol, a white band.
They were at St Martin in the Fields, in Trafalgar Square, London, to pray for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster which has left more than 150,000 people dead and millions homeless.
The Make Poverty History campaign, which featured in the festive edition of BBC1 hit show the Vicar of Dibley, says 30,000 children die needlessly every day from abject poverty.
They called on Prime Minister Tony Blair and other world leaders to deliver trade justice, debt cancellation and better aid for the world's poorest countries. The Rev Forrest-Redfern said: "This is an issue which is very close to my heart."
Throughout 2005, members of the public will be able to join the campaign through the website www.make povertyhistory.org.
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